poetry slam

POETRY SLAM - write a slam poetry about Adolf Hitler vs Martin Luther King. Finish with your own ideas of what makes a good leader or how you are going to lead others into your vision.

I'm trying to be a leader I have a vision you will see

Let's look at some leaders so help me please

Adolf Hitler

He was a leader killed six million jews

He started world war two put tattoos the jews

He took kids lives shouldn't have done that in my eyes

Got married a day before he died

Enough with these rhymes it's Martin Luther King Jrs time

Now Martin Luther King Jr he's a different type of guy

He skipped two grades was clever and reached for the sky

Born in 1929

He fought for civil rights so all Americans would have equal rights

Married Coretta Scott in 1958

Youngest to win a Nobel Peace prize

He was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee standing on his hotel balcony

Now my first vision is to be a leader of my community  

Helping little blue penguins and cleaning the sea.

My second vision to be the netball queen

And be the best center the world has ever seen

Thank you for helping me see what I want to be

In 10 years time you’ll me on t.v

Nga Taonga Tuku Iho

Nga Taonga Tuku Iho

This report is going to be about waka, maori culture, Hector Busbey, maori games,songs and karakias, carving, navigation.

Hector Busbey

Hector Busbey is a New Zealand living legend,He has built many things in his lifetime and he's achieved many things people dream of.

Hector Busbey lives in Aurere. Aurere is in the Far North of New Zealand .

When Hector Busby was 15 he left school since then he has Hector has Built over 200 bridges from Kaio to Kaitaia.

Hector Busby has built around 34 Wakas. 10 of his waka are in Hawaii and  around 24 are in New Zealand.

Hector Busbey is 1 of the 3 proper maori navigators in New Zealand.

Hector Busby's maori name is Hekenukumai Puhipi.

Hector was dragged along to waitangi when he was 8. when he saw the big waka he fell in love that made him build waka.

Hekenukumai Puhipi means come here the people Busbey in maori.

Carving

Carving is a great skill to have especially when you want to make a waka.

Whakiro means carving in maori.

Keator is a type of carving it is one of the most used pattern.

Pakata is another type of carving this is one of the most used carving pattern.

Unaunahi means mouse skin. They would use this pattern because maori would eat mice.

Most type of carving patterns are related to nature.

Every type of carving is a style.

Waka

Waka were one of the most use things olden days.

Takaraing holes-wind blows through them so the canoe doesn’t tip over.

They put the waka into the swamp to make the wood harder.

The paddle for the waka can save you if your waka capsizes.

The front of the waka is called Te ihu.

The back of the waka is called Te kei.

The middle of the waka is called Waenga.

You need aroha, Leadership, Teamwork and respect

Navigation

Navigators in the northern hemisphere are lucky.They have a star that is exactly in line with the northern end of the Earth's axis.

If southern navigators can find the point of empty night sky that we call the south celestial pole they will know exactly where south is.

There are only 3 real maori navigators in New Zealand.

The sun is more useful in navigating than stars.  

There is magnetic north and a true to north.

Magnetic declination or variation is the angle on the horizontal plane between magnetic north (the direction the north end of a compass needle points, corresponding to the direction of the Earth's magnetic field lines) and true north (the direction along a meridian towards the geographic North Pole).

Maori Games

All the games we learnt and play are te reo maori games.

The first game we learnt is called Maui, Matou.

The second game was called Pukana.

Chants & Songs

Billy help us to learn new songs and our school songs.

Teamwork makes the waka work.

Ko nga waka enei I hoea mai ra I  te nuku o te whenua I hawaiki paomao Whakawhiti mai ra te moana nui-a-kiwa Ki aotero hiki nuku hiki rangi Ka eke ki rangi Tinui,Te arawa,Tokumaru,Takitimu,Aotea,Mataatua,Kura haupo,Horouta,Ngatokimatahaurua e.

We learnt how to pronounce words in Mangonui e and Ko mamaru te waka.

Cutting down the tree

This is going to tell you how our ancestors made their waka.

When people use to cut down the trees to make a waka they would get a stone adze and tie it to a wooden plank. Next they would get someone to climb to the top of the tree and tie it to the branch at the top of the tree. Then they would push and pull the stone abez into the tree to form a groove then they would lift up the plank and make another groove the gap in between the two groves would then be cut out with an ordinary stone adze. A trellis would then be built around the tree trunk. A fire was lit in the hollowed-out trunk, and long, stout poles were balanced on the fence with their ends in the fire.

on the other side with rope. Two ropes were lashed to the pole and used to haul the logs.

Waka Chief Landed

This is going to be about the waka that landed in the Far North and their chief.

Kurahaupo was the waka Pohurihanga was the Chief Ngati Kuri is where the waka landed.

Mamri was the waka Ruanui was the Chief Hokianga is where the waka landed.

Tinana was the waka Tumoana was the Chief Ahipara is where the waka landed.

Matawhaorua was the waka  Kupe was the chief and the waka first landed in Aotearoa.

Ngatokimatawhaorua was the name of the waka Nukutawhiti was the chief that owned the waka Hokianga.

Mamaru was the name of the waka Parata was the chief he got given the waka from his uncle, and he first landed in Tokerau.

This waka was called Mataatua It was driven by Toroa and it landed in Whakatane puhi.

A Weekend In 2050

You wouldn't believe what I saw in the holidays!. Me my poppa and Dallas saw an ocean fill with rubbish when we were in Mangonui it was a giant plastic vortex.

It was the first day of the holidays and my big brother was up for a week so me and my poppa decided we needed to take Dallas fishing since he is going to university soon. As we hopped in the car I heard Dallas say that at school he's learning about the 2000’s in history class.

“Did you know that in the 2000’s the water was really clear in some places and now it looks like sewage” his voice drifted off as we parked.

After About half an hour we made it to the Mangonui wharf .We saw a bunch of robots walking of the wharf, As pop went to get the dinghy I Wondered if I would ever be able to be a vet when im older. We slowly hopped into the dinghy and drove off to the boat. On our way there pop told us a story from when he was little

“When I was a little boy there was no robots everyone had a job”

A BIG wave crashed into the dinghy the dinghy was fill with rubbish like a bright yellow rubbish bag. When we reached the boat I had to clean out the dinghy.

When we were all set up Dallas started the boat pop told us the rest of his story

“The water use to be so clean you could drink out off the rivers and go fishing but now look at it all because people dropped their rubbish”

A tear slowly dripped down my cheek I smudged it away. Me and Dallas dropped down the net as we pulled it back up we saw all the dead fish and plastic so we decided to call the trip short. We turned the boat around and headed home. When we got back to the wharf I put the dinghy in its rack then hopped in the car I fell asleep on the way home.

I hope the world doesn't end up like this in 2050 we need to make a change.

Tiny plastic bits
Microscopic poisoning
death for our ocean

Plastic Oceans

This report is going to be about plastics and how it is affecting the marine life and humans.

What is plastic made of?

Did you know that plastic is mostly made of natural things.

Plastic is made out of cellulose,coal, natural gas, salt and, of course crude oil.

Plastic vortexes

A vortex is a circle of rubbish is the sea with fishing nets at the bottom collecting little fish.

There is 5 plastic vortexes in the sea.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as the Pacific trash vortex, spans waters from the West Coast of North America to Japan. The patch is actually comprised of the Western Garbage Patch, located near Japan, and the Eastern Garbage Patch, located between the U.S. states of Hawaii and California.

What is happening to marine animals

marine animals eat plastic that floats on the top of the water then they end up dieing from internal blockage.

Sea birds eat little pieces of plastic because it shines in the water.

Microplastics

Microplastics are small plastic pieces less than five millimeters long which can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life.

If a plastic is 5mm long as big as a sesame seed it is called a microplastic.

Microplastics in Oceans Outnumber Stars in Our Galaxy by 500 Times.

Henderson Island

Henderson Island is a remote island in the South Pacific Ocean. It is home to 55 species that are found nowhere else on earth. On this island there is 38 million pieces of rubbish. No humans live on this island since it is so polluted and is only visited once or twice a year for studies.

How much plastic is made every year?

Do you realize how much plastic is made every year……. around 300 million ton

5 billion plastic bags are used every year. 160 thousand plastic bags are used every second.

About 300 million tons of plastic is made a year worldwide and only 10 percent is recycled. The rest ends up in the sea so around 7 million tonnes of rubbish ends up in the sea.

How much rubbish ends up in the oceans?

Every year 8 million metric tons of plastic end up in our oceans and that figure could increase by ten times in the future if something doesn't change.

A rubbish truck load of rubbish is dumped in the sea every minute.

United Nations conference

There was a big United Nations conference on world environment day. Here is the most concerning bits.

In 2025 when you catch 3 tons of fish 1 ton will be rubbish and by 2050 there will be more rubbish than fish.

More than 150 million pieces of rubbish is in the sea.

Donald trump pulled out of the 2015 Paris climate change agreement.

Solutions

Plastic degrades into little pieces so we need to stop that and think of Solutions.

My first idea is to make Mangonui school a waste free School and get the parents to try not use glad wrap.

My second idea is to go back to what they used in the olden days like instead of using plastic bags use paper bags.

AHHHH!! Sand was flying into my eyes. I was shaking. Was about to fly off my boogie board??

I was climbing up the sand dunes with Jade,Nevaeh,Te Wai, Oscar and Isaac. It was like a sand storm at the top. I was panicking I thought I was going to die when I went down the sand dune. The sand dune was as big as a skyscraper. It was giant. When I was climbing up the sand dunes I felt like an old lady walking across the road.

“On your mark get set go” I yelled. Me and Isaac were racing. I felt like a bird gliding through the sky. My feet dropped to slow me down. The puddle at the end of the sand dune splashed me I was wet.  I won I felt good and proud I did it. My eyes were full with sand I couldn't barely see. I heard people screaming where were they?

Dad ran over to us can I get a photo of you please. “Say happy birthday” dad said we were all posing. Oscar slid down the sand dune he was right in front of Te Wai “Move Oscar” we yelled. Oscar got hit by Te Wai he flung into the air like a rock out of a sling shot we all started to laugh.

It was time to go. The bus driver took all of the boogie boards and put them away. We jumped into the bus. I was so hungry I was like a vulture. Nana Pam grabbed the chips and fruit out of my bag we all had something to eat.

I was so proud of myself because I didn't die when I went down and I was so happy my  birthday party was the best.

The Brain

This report is about your lobes if you don't know what your lobes are or do you must read this report.

Frontal lobe

The Frontal lobe is located at the front of the of the head (forehead).

The Frontal lobe is where your personality comes from so imagine if you didn't have have your Frontal Lobe. This lobe also makes your decisions like ice cream or pizza. The Frontal lobe is also known for planning and studying.

Parietal lobe

Your Parietal lobe is located at the back of the head. (Above the occipital lobe).

The Parietal lobe has a lot of special functions as part of the cortex.

It controls taste, temperature and touch. This lobe processes sensory information in seconds.      

Occipital lobe

Your Occipital lobe located above the cerebellum. The Occipital lobe process what your eyes see.

Your Occipital lobe it process information at rapid speed.

Temporal lobe

The Temporal lobe is located above the Brainstem.

Your Occipital lobe located above the cerebellum.

The Occipital lobe is also key at comprehending or understanding meaningful speech. This lobe revolves around hearing and listening. It receives information like sounds and speech from the ears.

Frontal Lobe	Setting goals, planning, feeling emotions.
Parietal Lobe	Feeling softness or hardness, feeling temperature and pressure and activating your muscles.
Temporal Lobe	Recognising faces, objects and sounds; also important for making memories.
Occipital Lobe	Interprets everything you see.
Cerebellum	Maintains your balance and coordination, helps you walk and move around.
Brain Stem	Regulates vital functions like breathing, eating and your heartbeat.

Kotuku Class

Mangonui School

17/2l/17

Dear Oxford Sport Trust

I am writing to you to say thank you for the sport balls.

I am very excited to have the Basketballs so me and my friends can practise for netball.

Thank you so much.

Yours sincerely

Shayla-Jade.      

Tena Koutou Katoa

Ko tainui toku waka.

Ko Rangikapiti     toku maunga.

Ko Waikato  toku awa.

Ko Taipa     toku moana.

Ko Peria      toku kainga.

Ko  Ansley toku whanau.

Ko  Sarah toku  whaea/mama.

Ko Shane toku matua/papa.

Ko mangonui te kura.

Ko  Kotuku   te akomanga.

Ko Mrs Pederson    te kaiako.

Ko Jenny     te kaimahi.

Ko  Alisha   te kaimahi.

Ko Shayla-Jade     toku ingoa.

No reira

Tena Koutou

Tena Koutou

Tena Koutou Katoa

Dear ITM

Thank you so much for all the watermelons we really appreciate them. Everyone loved them they were really juicy and refreshing they gave me lots of energy for the rest of the day. I really think the rest of the school loved them too.

They were really juicy and refreshing. The juice dribbled down my face and my hands were really sticky.It was some of the best watermelon I have ever tryed they were so yummm.            

Thank you so so much for letting mangonui school fundraise at your fishing competition. Thank you so much for the watermelons to thank you so much.

From Shayla-Jade age 9

The Brain

1. How big is your brain?

  A.Your brain is the size of your two fists but together.

2. Why is it important that your Amygdala feels safe and happy?

  A.You need to keep your Amygdala happy and safe because when you're sad you won't learn anything.

3. Why do we need a Hippocampus?

   A.You need your Hippocampus because it remembers addresses,                special dates and your friends.  

4. When we are feeling stressed - what can we do to calm ourselves down?

    A.Take deep breaths and play a game with your friends.

5. What needs to be calm in order for our Prefrontal Cortex to pass information onto our Hippocampus?

   A.amygdala

6. What was them most interesting fact you learnt about your brain?

  A.You have at least 70 thousand thoughts a day.

Beach Day

Fresh Wiped Cream

All I could feel were the waves crashing against my legs as I dove under the water. The smell of salt ran up my nose. All I could hear were people screaming as the wave crashed against them. The waves looked like fresh whipped cream. I tried to swim over to Mr Sedcole but the sand dropped under my feet. I faced the wave in shock it was giant!!! My mouth drooped I swallowed the salty water it was disgusting.